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Mar. 11th, 2009

  • 3:25 PM
pepper: Pepperpot (Jack Sam friends)
Because [livejournal.com profile] annerbhp's latest icon challenge got me pondering this on my bus in the morning:

Do you think that there can be non-shippy stories where Sam and Jack have sex? Or is that, by your definition, shippy?

As you know, Bob, there's not really a great deal of Sam and Jack friendship fic out there, and the definitions can be a little hazy anyway, with the difference in intent and perception (one person's UST is another person's friendly banter).

What I mean is... gen people, could you imagine reading/writing a Sam and Jack friendship fic where they are forced into that sort of relationship? Or, Sam/Jack people, could you imagine reading/writing that kind of fic, but without the UST angle - one where it's their friendship that they have to salvage? And without a happy ending where they're given permission by the Prez to break the frat regs. *g*

(And no, this is NOT what I'm planning to do for my [livejournal.com profile] jacksamfriends fic!)

Comments

ext_3314: Woman writing (Default)
[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Mar. 11th, 2009 11:41 pm (UTC)
Ah, I do mean AMTDI. But do you think there can be non-shippy stories which deal with something like that? Not asking you to read them (*g*), but, as a gen person, do you think it's possible to write/read a storyline like that, but for them to be portrayed in the story as just friends/colleagues?

Think extremely strong alien mind-altering drugs and aaaaaaaaaaaaaangst, if it helps. ;)
aelfgyfu_mead: Aelfgyfu as a South Park-style cartoon (Default)
[personal profile] aelfgyfu_mead wrote:
Mar. 12th, 2009 12:28 am (UTC)
The problem there is that AMTDI is rape, and I have a very strong visceral reaction to that; I generally avoid rape stories. Occasionally I have read them--on purpose, even!--and I've seen some done well. Mostly, though, I prefer not to read them no matter how well done they are! I'm sure there would be loads of angst, if aliens made them do it, and they'd both feel guilty even though it's not their fault--I just don't want to go there.

I'm pretty gen about SG-1; I've dipped my toes in other things occasionally, and, interestingly, the only pairing I can stand is Jack/Daniel. I don't want porn, but I can't read anything, no matter how innocuous, with other pairings among SG-1. I don't know why. I read Torchwood (canon!) slash and some Primeval slash; even some SGA (there it's pretty much only Rodney/Carson). For a heterosexual, I have astoundingly little interest in reading het fic, come to think of it. (I do like Gwen/Rhys on Torchwood! I wanted Carson and Cadman to stay together! I liked Rodney and Katie for a while! The only one of those three that I read, though, is Gwen/Rhys, and not much of that.)

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